Trump Just Dug Up Something Big From The Past In Response To Furor Over His One Word About Hillary

As analysts question Donald Trump’s latest foray into colorful language, some facts have emerged that some Trump supporters say might set the record straight.

The Republican presidential front-runner kicked off the fuss Monday night when, in Grand Rapids, Mich., he told supporters that Democrat rival Hillary Clinton is a loser.

“Even a race to Obama, she was gonna beat Obama,” he said then. “I don’t know who would be worse, I don’t know, how could it be worse? But she was going to beat — she was favored to win — and she got schlonged, she lost, I mean she lost,” Trump said.

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The word “schlonged,” a Yiddish word referencing a man’s penis, brought a chorus of outraged voices. The Clinton camp complained about “degrading language.” The media flooded headlines with the words “vulgar” and “vulgarity.”

Trump struck back Tuesday, with support from a veteran political analyst.

Once again, #MSM is dishonest. “Schlonged” is not vulgar. When I said Hillary got “schlonged” that meant beaten badly.

“On further review, Trump is right on this. ‘I got schlonged’ is a commonplace NY way of saying: ‘I lost big time,’ w/out genital reference,” he tweeted, later recounting on Twitter that he was deluged with insults for speaking out.

Trump’s New York City influence has been a common topic of discussion throughout his campaign.

“Early in October, Donald Trump was in the midst of a speech … when from the audience a man yelled out that Trump was going to be president,” wrote New York Magazine’s Benjamin Wallace-Wells. “Trump smiled, a little dismissively, let his tiny eyes disappear into a coy tuck. He held up his hand: “I don’t want to get too braggadocios.” Braggadocios! What New Yorker still talks like that?”

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In discussing Trump’s appeal, he noted the billionaire’s New York City manner is part of the equation.

“Whatever he’s saying, you can still be charmed by the way he’s saying it,” Wallace-Wells wrote, recalling a comment from Queens College professor Michael Newman.

“Americans have come to associate New Yorkers, and so New York accents, with saying what you mean, intense emotional talk, and not worrying too much about whom you offend,” Newman wrote.